sinatra101 wrote:Can I get a translation for the marriage record in the lower right page - Lamantia & Picardi. I am also trying to see if they mention the couples ages and/or where both parents were from?

I believe the date on this record is Aug 12th, not the 6th. Should be the same day as the record right before it. The banns of marriage were on June 29th and July 2nd and 9th and resulted in there being no legitimate impediments to the marriage. Catarina's father was deceased but her mother was living. Witnesses were Maestro Ignazio Giruzza and Giuseppe Risicato of Monte

Thank you both. Very helpful. But there is one thing I can't find. I can't locate the birth/baptism date for either Benedetto LaMantia nor his wife, Catarina Picardi? I found many siblings for Benedetto under Ignazio and Catarina but nor their dates. Any Help? Thanks, Frank

sinatra101 wrote:Thank you both. Very helpful. But there is one thing I can't find. I can't locate the birth/baptism date for either Benedetto LaMantia nor his wife, Catarina Picardi? I found many siblings for Benedetto under Ignazio and Catarina but nor their dates. Any Help? Thanks, Frank

FrankOne thing I am learning by going through indices for Latin church records is that infants in baptism records were given multiple first names at baptism. In my one town, an infant is sometimes, but not always, indexed under each of those "first" names. In your town, the record may only be indexed under the very first name which appears on the baptism record. So, if the ancestor used Benedetto as his first name in his marriage record, for example, that may not have been his actual first name under which his baptism record is indexed. So if his name in his baptism record was Gaspare Baldassare Benedetto La Mantia,the parish may have indexed his baptism record under Gaspare, and not under Benedetto, despite the fact that Benedetto may be the only first name which appears in his marriage or death record. So you then need to check all baptism records for all males with the La Mantia surname in the indices during a specified period of time and may find his baptism record that way. I know it's more time consuming, but I am being successful with searches this way for my own ancestry.

This is not Catarina's baptism record. This is the baptism of a male infant-un fanciullo (which means young boy) by the name of Castrenze Benedetto Vincenzo Picardo (o and not i at the end of the surname). Correct parents though. Godfather was Vincenzo, son of Luciano and Lorenza Milazzo of Monte. Birth and baptism on the 11th.

This is not Catarina's baptism record. This is the baptism of a male infant-un fanciullo (which means young boy) by the name of Castrenze Benedetto Vincenzo Picardo (o and not i at the end of the surname). Correct parents though. Godfather was Vincenzo, son of Luciano and Lorenza Milazzo of Monte. Birth and baptism on the 11th.

Erudita

I apologize for that mistake I looked through to many records yesterdayThanks for the back up Erudita Here is the right one1776 April 11th bottom left recordBaptism of Catarina Picardi, the daughter of Andrea and Filippa Picardi CLICK FOR RECORD CLICK TO ENLARGE